in the new york city area that are now homeless. some say that figure might be as low as 20,000. it is difficult to ascertain. this i can tell you, if you're one of them, the situation here is catastrophic. many of them have nowhere to live, nowhere to go. meanwhile, the gas situation has improved somewhat. over the past week, there have now been some 41 arrests, disorderly conduct, at gas stations. new york's governor says that additional gas is now being brought in to the region. the situation should improve. and very quickly, as for those voting today, in new jersey, you can vote electronically and in new york, if you have been displaced because of the storm, we are told you can vote at the nearest or most convenient polling place. one of the things they're doing in the rockaways, bussing people to a polling station, already at this hour, long lines. >> brian: the south shore of long island is not much different. most of those people are sleeping in their houses, which are below freezing right now. and nothing has been done. zero. no one is coming. no one is talking. no o
